[Flint]

Thanks, BigV
...my stomach is all messed up.

I already know a couple of things...

That Salary.com etc. will tell them an average base-salary number that exceeds my current base+on-call pay. (And I have many, many other sources that I have laid out in spreadsheets that I've been waving in the face of my current mgmt.)

That I come on a personal recommendation as exactly what the CIO is looking for; and he was very impressed with me.

So I'm going into this with the approach that, with the hour-long drive expense, I'd be taking a pay CUT unless they can offer me a certain dollar amount to leave my current, perfectly respectable position at a major, industry-leading facility/chain.

Benefits: They do have a 401k--it isn't matched but "profit sharing" is put into it. No tuition reimbursement (yet), but the CIO states that the FIRST thing they would do is send me for various training (big plus for me). The new training/experience in itself translates into many more $$$s over my career path.

I get excellent vacation time now (not that I can ever actually use it) so I intend to push for that, or some monetary compensation or bonus to offset that.